Following the murder, on May 23, police arrested a 14-year-old girl who is believed to have helped Pasic.

The unnamed 14-year-old allegedly lied about being Pasic’s half-sister when in fact she is only a friend.

Police have also arrested an unnamed 29-year-old Croatian man who was said to have known about the crime but not reported it.

A police spokesman said: “The police officers of the criminal department made a full investigation and confirmed the suspicion that the 32-year-old Croatia citizen and minor Croatian citizen did a hard criminal act – murder.

“The 29-year-old man, also a Croatian citizen, did a criminal act – not reporting it.”